threatening

英 [ˈθretnɪŋ]

美 [ˈθretnɪŋ]

adj.  威胁的; 恐吓的; 阴沉沉的; 乌云密布的
v.  扬言要; 威胁; 恐吓; 预示凶兆; 有…危险; 危及; 对…构成威胁
threaten的现在分词

现在分词：threatening　

法律

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.11096 / COCA.11078

牛津词典

adj.

• 威胁的；恐吓的
  expressing a threat of harm or violence
  1. threatening letters
     恐吓信
  2. threatening behaviour
     威胁行为
• 阴沉沉的；乌云密布的
  showing that bad weather is likely
  1. The sky was dark and threatening.
     天空乌云密布，阴沉沉的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (行为)有威胁性的，危险的
  You can describe someone's behaviour asthreateningwhen you think that they are trying to harm you.
  1. The police could have charged them with threatening behaviour...
     警方本可指控他们恐吓。
  2. She said Denny had received a threatening letter and asked me if I sent it.
     她说丹尼收到一封恐吓信，并问是不是我寄的。

英英释义

adj

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  1. a baleful look
  2. forbidding thunderclouds
  3. his tone became menacing
  4. ominous rumblings of discontent
  5. sinister storm clouds
  6. a sinister smile
  7. his threatening behavior
  8. ugly black clouds
  9. the situation became ugly
  Synonym:balefulforbiddingmenacingminaciousminatoryominoussinister
• darkened by clouds
  1. a heavy sky
  Synonym:heavyloweringsullen

双语例句

• She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.
  她以公开他们的私情要挟他很多年。
• His temples pulsed a little, threatening a headache
  他的太阳穴跳了一会，像是头痛要发作了。
• I can see why you believed my letters were threatening but I never meant them to be.
  我能理解你为什么认为我的信是在吓唬人，但是我绝无此意。
• He has accused her of threatening to gouge his eyes out.
  他指控她曾威胁要挖出他的眼睛。
• The guard growled out a warning, threatening the prisoners with his gun.
  看守吼了一声警告，并用枪威胁囚犯们。
• The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area
  大火正威胁着大约60户人家，居民已经从该地区撤离。
• Preventing military forces from threatening or harming other countries 'security and stability;
  军事力量不得威胁或损害他国的安全与稳定；
• The police could have charged them with threatening behaviour
  警方本可指控他们恐吓。
• Obscene and threatening phone calls are against the law
  猥亵和恐吓电话都是违法的。
• He looked tall and powerful and, with his dark, watchful face, a little threatening.
  他看上去又高又壮，面色黝黑，满脸警觉，真叫人有点害怕。